A couple of weeks ago, the shop guys at my dealership asked me if I was interested in trying out a new product. Of course I always take them up on those offers. A local company here in Boise makes heavy duty clutch parts for dirt and motocross applications. They have developed a new assembly that eliminates you having to use the clutch, just like I had on my Honda Trail 90 when I was 9 years old. Just roll off the throttle and shift,,, up or down. They were looking for guys to try them out on big Harley touring bikes, and really wanted to try one on a TG.
The shop guys thought of me first. So,, my favorite tech has one on his RoadGlide, and he and the factory guy installed one in my TG yesterday. I only rode from the shop to home,,less than a mile, but it worked great for that distance. Sat at 2 lights idling in 1st gear with the foot brake on, and not applying the clutch. Worked great!! I am going to give it a good workout this weekend, and so is my tech guy. Factory guy told me to abuse it. My tech said it works better the more you warm it up.
I went thru their manf plant the other day, and they have a big older Ultra on a dyno running it and shifting it non stop...Has gone 20,000 miles with no problems. If I like it, I can keep it,, just keep them updated on performance,,,or they will take it out and put my old assembly back in if I don't like it. I am not advertising for them at all,, just thought this new product might appeal to someone with physical issues that make a clutch a pain. I have no problem using my clutch,, even without a ClutchWiz!!...But this eliminates using the clutch all together. Last weekend while slinging Tubby thru some 65 mile an hour curves, I started thinking how nice it would be to not have to compromise my left grip to downshift. Of course, you can still use the clutch if you want to. You just don't need to.
I will report back on here the results from this weekends pounding if any of you are interested. Here is their website www.rekluse.com Zook..!! If this is not allowed, just tell me and I will remove it..no problem at all!!!
The shop guys thought of me first. So,, my favorite tech has one on his RoadGlide, and he and the factory guy installed one in my TG yesterday. I only rode from the shop to home,,less than a mile, but it worked great for that distance. Sat at 2 lights idling in 1st gear with the foot brake on, and not applying the clutch. Worked great!! I am going to give it a good workout this weekend, and so is my tech guy. Factory guy told me to abuse it. My tech said it works better the more you warm it up.
I went thru their manf plant the other day, and they have a big older Ultra on a dyno running it and shifting it non stop...Has gone 20,000 miles with no problems. If I like it, I can keep it,, just keep them updated on performance,,,or they will take it out and put my old assembly back in if I don't like it. I am not advertising for them at all,, just thought this new product might appeal to someone with physical issues that make a clutch a pain. I have no problem using my clutch,, even without a ClutchWiz!!...But this eliminates using the clutch all together. Last weekend while slinging Tubby thru some 65 mile an hour curves, I started thinking how nice it would be to not have to compromise my left grip to downshift. Of course, you can still use the clutch if you want to. You just don't need to.
I will report back on here the results from this weekends pounding if any of you are interested. Here is their website www.rekluse.com Zook..!! If this is not allowed, just tell me and I will remove it..no problem at all!!!